Suprita Mitter
Up to date:Jun 16, 2024
A heady mixture of influences from Gujarat and different locations the place the neighborhood has settled at the moment provides the delicacies of the Cutchi Memons distinct flavours. Their Eid rituals embrace a shared spirit of charity, prayers and a feast that’s marinated, slow-cooked and relishes with the entire household coming collectively.
The neighborhood has their very own masalas and particular cooking strategies. “Like everybody else, our garam masalas embrace tej pata, cloves and elaichi. We even have our Thande Masale, which incorporates spices that cool the physique, corresponding to pathar ke phool (stone flower) and rose petals. We use a variety of saffron and fried onions in our meals and wish to marinate meat for a very long time. Nothing is completed in a rush or in a jiffy, in a Cutchi Memon residence,” she explains.
Whereas some rituals stay the identical, through the years, Bakra Eid rituals have advanced. “Within the morning, the boys do congregational prayers. That is elective for ladies. As soon as they’re executed with that, they go to sacrifice the goat. It was totally different again within the day. I grew up in Bangalore, and within the bungalows, the neighborhood got here collectively for the slaughter. Even after I received married and got here to Mumbai, many individuals from society and buildings got here collectively for sacrifice. Nowadays, in additional cosmopolitan societies, this has modified,” Faiziya observes.
